1. 24 September 2012
PRESS RELEASE
Ιgnite Athens Show – Startups are booming Greece’s future
Τhe first Ignite Athens Show took place on the 20th of September with
great success, uncovering to the rest of the world that entrepreneurship
can be the most important factor for driving Greece forward. During the
event StartTech Ventures's CEO presented the company's abilities to
accelerate high-growth businesses.
Young people in Greece are ignited!
It is common to talk about successful events but this time things are a lot
different. The 1st Ignite Athens event was the perfect chance for the
business community and the country’s administration to realize that
entrepreneurship is rapidly developing and will soon become the most
important element of Greece’s re-growth. It must be mentioned at this
point that it is not before 2005 that Greece hosted only 6,7 competitive
startups with serious high-growth potential. The event proved that today
there are more than 20 very innovative business ideas and existing
startups able to become a real issue for investors all over the world and
that have already been in the spotlight, even among Silicon Valley
business developers.

2. StartTech presentation was very influential!
StartTech Ventures CEO, Dimitris Tsigos was a speaker at the Ignite
Athens Show. It was a great opportunity for Tsigos to present the three
functions of StartTech (Seed Fund, Incubation, and Business Angels
Networking) and to underline the experience his team has gained from
"igniting" the first Greek student startup back in 2000 (Virtual Trip),
before spinning out ten more companies and creating the most efficient
model for business acceleration called “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”.
These were very stimulating moments for young entrepreneurs’ realizing
that success is not very far away from persistence and efficient business
practices. Last but not least, Tsigos emphasized on the necessity of the
original, domestic growth model for high-tech start-ups in Greece. "We
respect and are inspired by the Silicon Valley model, however as
Europeans and further more as Greeks we work hard for the creation of
an authentic model for boosting high-growth & innovative
entrepreneurship", Tsigos said during his speech.
Contact details:
info@starttech.eu
www.starttech.eu.
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http://www.linkedin.com/company/starttech-ventures
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